Birchwood Demographics (Warrington, England)

Birchwood is a ward in Warrington of North West, England and includes areas of Hollingfare, Risley, Birchwood, Birchwood Park, Taylor Business Park, Woolston, Rixton, Birchwood Centre, Mosside Caravan Park, Rixton Park, Risley Ind Est and Croft.

In the 2011 census the population of Birchwood was 10,701 and is made up of approximately 50% females and 50% males.

The average age of people in Birchwood is 39, while the median age is higher at 40.

90.4% of people living in Birchwood were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.7% Scotland, 1.2% Wales, 0.6% India, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.2% China, 0.2% United States.

96.9% of people living in Birchwood speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Polish, 0.2% Slovak, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% French, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1% Marathi.

The religious make up of Birchwood is 66.3% Christian, 24.3% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.6% Hindu, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.2% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish. 717 people did not state a religion. 40 people identified as a Jedi Knight and 7 people said they believe in Heavy Metal.

45.2% of people are married, 12.7% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.9% live with a partner of the same sex, 24.0% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 10.7% are separated or divorced. There are 743 widowed people living in Birchwood.

The top occupations listed by people in Birchwood are Professional 16.9%, Associate professional and technical 14.2%, Administrative and secretarial 13.0%, Elementary 12.4%, Sales and customer service 11.8%, Elementary administration and service 11.4%, Administrative 10.3%, Managers, directors and senior officials 9.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 7.9%, Sales 7.5%.